German FM calls for more sanctions against N. Korea![]() February 12, 2013 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle strongly condemned North Korea's third nuclear test on Tuesday, Feb 12, and said the international community should consider further sanctions against Pyongyang. "Foreign Minister Westerwelle strongly condemns the nuclear test in North Korea as another gross violation of UN Security Council resolutions," the foreign ministry said in a statement. "The international community must respond with a clear stance to this fresh provocation. Further sanctions against the regime in Pyongyang must be considered," it said, according to Reuters. Partner news Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. Partner news |